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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-18

The election has been done gone
for two weeks and the ear OF civilization
has been strained for the awful ttdings
presaged by the pTOhibitiOnists AS Ger.
tain TO attend upon that election. The
democracy had an election In Kentucky
and six dropped dead at the polls, but
nothing Of the kind in Texas. The re-
publioans voted that day and with the
republicans at the polls there Ia always
q free ballot and an honest count.
The republican party OF PENNSYLVANIA
have put forth their platform, which Is
OutspOken and decidedly aggressive.
The opening clause In the seventh plank
contains the whole thing In nutshell.
IL reads as follows: I'VE RTraign the
democratic party and the present ma
tional administration for general In.
becility in dealing with all great nation
al questions" This covers the ground
and fits the situation rs closely rs n
ducks foot fits into the mud. James q.
Blaine WAS warmly endorsed. Glad
stone and Parnell were heartily APPROX
ed and sympathy extended them.
THE Laredo Times, commenting upon
the condition Of matters and things edu-
cational in Webb and EnOinal counties,
makes a strong plea for the immediate APP
pOintment of county superintendent
Of education, as the county judge has
his hands too full OF court business to
attend to the wants of 1900 school chit
dren in the rural districts OF the above
named counties, in whose behalf
county superintendent Is pleaded for.
The loose nature of our school laws are
among the legacies left us by an incom-
petent legislature. This "OptiOnaF'
business Is nonsense. A school super
intendent should be made a legal nee
essity in every county containing a
given number OF children, and where less
than the given number Is found attach
such county to some other and make up
a sufficient number to give work to an
efficient school superintendent. This,
and a uniform system Of school books.
with compulsory education in part, is
necessity in Texas, and will come sooner
or later.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-18

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-18

Special rates given on larger space and long
time Advertisements.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
RAILROAD CONDUCTORS.
The Difficulties Train Captain Has t
 Keep His Place.

The Difficulties Train Captain Has to
 Keep His Place.
 Railroads do not often reinstate man after he has been bounced. " said a veteran of the rail to me as we were laundering along his road. "A pas senger conductor is generally one who has been promoted from the brakes. Sometimes an engineer is made con- ductor, but you will find these things an exception. Companies like to keep good engineers at the throttle. They had rather give them more pay than to promote them. As q rule it is first brakeman on a freight, then to the same place on passenger then con- ductor on a freight and by and by to the passenger train by mighty slow coaches. Many a passenger conduct or has to work as "an extra" for two years or more before he gets train of his own. And then, when the cov- eted place is in sight. he has wreck, and if he hasn't mighty good case and occasionally influence he gets bounced. Then he has to go to some other road and begin at the bottom.
 "I know man who has worked up this way for ten years. The very first run he had with his regular train there was smashup, and after the investi- gation he was fired. He had saved mp about S1, 800. He took this money and went on the Board of Trade. and lost every dollar in less than week. He went to railroading again, at the brakes on a freight, for another com pany, and has just been put on as con- ductor of a freight on Western road that kills about six conductors every year. Barring the dangers of an en- gineer, his place is the best on the road. It is mighty seldom that an engineer, if he escapes. is held to ac- count for an accident. The Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers is the strongest and staunchest organization on the face of the earth. and is inc only one that railroad directory is afraid of But the place of conductor, espe- cially passenger conductor. is the most ungrateful and uncertain that a man can hold. Chicago MaiL
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

worked wonders for many year. and was the object of profound and gem eral popular veneration. One hun- dred and seventy-four years after Cuthbert's demise, however, the Scandinavian sea-folks did actually sw0op down on the Northumbrian islet whereupon the monks of Farne carried off cuthbert's body to the main- land. and wandered about with it in the border country for seven years, at the expiration of which time they de- posted it at Chester-le-street. It was not destined to remain long in It's rest ing place, In the year 99 a fresh Danish invasion started it agaih-this time on the road southward-and it found refuge at Ripon. When tran quiiity had once more been restored to the border the monks in charge of the sacred relic set out with the intention of carrying it back to Chester-le- Street, but were miraculously staid on their journey at q place called 'The Deers Meadow'- -Duir Holm, after wards Dufham-whefe they settled down definitely with the remains of Prior Cuthbert. Just ten years prior to Queen Victoria's accession to the throne they were exhumed, and proved to be high-dried skeleton, with a small golden cross on its breast. and swathed in a sllken shroud, through which projected the brow of the skull and the lower part of the leg bone. -London Telegraph
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
A GYPSY LULLABY.
The Only Thing Existing Among the RO-
 manies Savoring of Petition.

The Only Thing Existing Among the Ro-
 manies SavOring of Petition.
 1 could not have been five years of age when the first line of Gypsy poetry ever heard touched and fired my childish fancy. In our old farm- hons, there was ''coml any'-a Thanksgiving night when winter has suddenly fallen upon the land, bring ing distress to the dumb brutes of the place, which all the 'men folks" turned out and rescued. and intensi- flying the cheer of the good old day and time within. A Gypsy band. breaking camp for the South, had been scattered by the bowling storm. A lass, who had been sent to the village upon some trifing errand. was lost. The tempest had driven her in upon our Puritanic but hospitable home. The house was crowded and must shelter all that night.
 So my unsentimental and good mother fed that Gypsy girl in the kitchen with the doors locked. and bundled the two heaviest burdens of the hour, the Gypsy lass and myself. of up the back stairs to bed in inc garret by a roaring chimney. The lost heather, cuddling me in her arms. sobbcd herself to sleep. moaning over and over some strange rhymes in an unknown tongue. The last three words remained with me un- til, all in flash, one day. perhaps twenty years later, found they were Romany, and meant Save Allah's slave! It is the only thing existing among Gypsies in any part of the world savoring of petition The translation is.
 If in peril Allah, saveI-
 Save Allah's slaVel
 la the direst peril save!-
 Save Allah's slave!
 Philadelphia Times.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
THE BEST POLICY.

A Doctor Considers Honesty the First
 Great Essential in Sick-ROOm.
 "What is the first great essential in the sick-room?"
 Three score or more of young nurses struggled wi this question at re- cent examination until their heads, hearts and hands ached, and the old gray-headed professor who put the question smiled and shook his head in the negative as one after another got up and tried to answer the conundrum in manner satisfactory to their aged and experienced interrogator. The answers ranged from 'quietude. "air'' and "a patient" through the list of pharmaceutical preparations down to "a good doctor" and "a good nurse." when finally the professor answered the question himself.
 Honesty. That is the first great thing necessary in sick room," said he. 1.-The best tire to begin the career of an honest nurse is when yon first enter the sick-room. Do so bold ly, honestly and at once. D. not spend five minutes turning the door handle like housebreaker, and pro- duce a series of little clicks, finally terminating in a loud snap. Go into the room quietly, of course, but let it be in manner that shows you have a right there. Never say to your patients, 'Hush! Any appearance of mystery only ex- cites them and should by avoided. It is also well to do all things necessary when they should be done. This wait ing for the patient to fall asleep is dis honest in the extreme. Because sick mans eyes are shut it does not follow that he is asleep. He may be acutely conscious of all that is going on. Do not be officiously attentive. Such practice is really one of the most com mon forms of dishonesty in the sick room. Patients often yield to sugges- tions from such persons in sheer ex- tremity. They do so for the sake of peace. was in a sick-roOm recently when relative of the sufferer arrived. She had come to nurse the patient. told her to repress all emotion, and this is how she did it: Shall I raise your head little? Let me fan you. Will you have the blind up? Do letme give you another pillow! What can l get for youP Try some arrowroot. Perhaps you would rather have tea; it won't take a minute 10 make it. Isn't there too much draft for you?' "-M r NaiL and Express.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
i1ndnrtnkers, Nau.nnnsrs.

There are several newspapers devoted exclusively to the undertaking trade, among which are the Stroud, the Tomb, the CaSket, the GrdUe, and the Stif. The StiF is humorous publication, devoted ex- clusively to the retailing of small jokes concerning fatal accidents and mortuary affairs. The others are pretentious, solemn looking journals, profusely illustrated with the latest patterns in collins, shrouds and other pleasantries connected with the grave. A special department entitled "Chit-Chat of the Trade'' adorns the edi- torial page of the Stroud. It is illustrated with cut of two gentlemen, who look as though they had just risen from the grave, and who, seated upon a couple of collins, are smoking cigarettes and evidently dis cussing the benefits of the latest medicine. In the same paper, one portion of column only is devoted to levity. The department is called "Nut- Crackers, and embellished with a cut representing person with ferocious mustache standing on a coffin, and breaking nuts with shinbone on the top of gravestone.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
A SERVICEABLE FENCE.
4 Matter in Which Every Farmer Is Deep
 Iy Interested.

Matter in Which Every Farmer Is Deep
 ly Interested.
 found myself quite inter ested in the ''fencc question: late last fall. just after I had rebuilt an old-fashioned worm fence, made nine rails high, double riders and well staked. A wind storm few weeks later blew it down. l set my wits at work devising some other way 10 build it.
 had quite a number of old locust trees along the fence. had these cut, the bodies split into posts. The large limbs 1 cut seven or seven and one-half feet long, for stakes. These set two feet deep, one on each side of every joint of the fence; but previously 1 took an average length rail. and laid three and one-half foot worm just as straight as possible, then set all the outside stakes. using the straightest ones. By driving a short stake at each joint the rail can be removed out of the way while digging the holes. Then 1 set the inside stakes, leaving about three and three-tourlhs inches space for the rails. If an end of a rail is too large, hew it to suit the space. Before 1 began to lay up the rails I took wire, and with pair of pinchers fastene it around the stakes, about five inches high from the ground, then began 10 lay mp the fence. When four rails high I fastened another wire around each pair of stakes, then laid on three more rails. Thus l saved two rails 10 the panel by my new plan, had much better fence every way, and one l think that will stand the storm, for it has been tried severely since.
 believe, with a good-sized locust or some other lasting stake, this kind of fence can be built and made to stand the storms with only two feet worm, and this kind of fence can be built very level Every farmer knows how hard it is to now and keep down the brush and weeds, or blow near an old-fashioned saked and ridered fence. but with this 1 can drive near with load of hay or wheat, blow close 10 it, and mow all the bus hes, etc., and 'ep it tidy. have seen fences made somewhat after the aboQe plan, but a block was used 10 lay the first rail on, and only one wire was used, and that at the top of the fence. By using two wires, as in my fence <ae weight of the rails on the wires holds the takes tight to the rails. There can be a wire at the top. but Gnd no necessity fOr one. -~Farm, FteIc. and Stockmaa.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

Do you feel duh. languid, low-sPirited, lie less and jndescribably miserable, both physl- caIly and mentally; experience a sense or fullness or bloating after eating, or or gone nc tongue coated, bitter or bad taste Tn mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequenI ieadaches blurred eyesight, floating specks Jafore the eyes, nervous prostratlon or ex- haustion, irritability of temper, not nIshes' 1iternating with chilly sensations, sharp, biting, transient pains here and there, coI1 fpet drowsiness after meals, wakefulnesS, or disturbed and unrefreshing sleep, constant, ndescribable feeling. of dread, or or lmpend- ng calamity .,-.,.1o ,,.,,,,, if these symptoms, you are suffering from . hat most common of American malad1es- .IiIious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more complicated your disease mas DecoIne, Ine ereater the number and diversity or symP- -Onls No matter what stage it has reached, ;t~. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery sIilI subdue it, if taken according to direc- ions for a reasonable length of time. 1T not r!red, complications multiply and ConsuInp- ion of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart Dlsease, rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave ialadies are quite liable to set in and, sooner .r later induce fatal termination.
 Dr Pieree's Golden Medical D1S. ..Oyery acts powerfully qron the Liver, ana trough that great blood purifying organ, ,leanses the system of all blood-ta1nts ana nm rllritieS. from whatever cause arising. lC IS equally efficacious in acting upon the hld- 1evs and other excretOry organs, cleansing, -trengthening, and healing their diseases. AS m a1petizing, restorative tonic, it promotes liCestion and nutrition, thereby building up h0th flesh and strength. In malarlal districts, rhis wonderful medicine has gained greaL celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chllls ana
 pr. Pferce's Golden Medical Dis-
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

THOSE who are trying to break up the baneful habit of intemperance will experi- ence great benefit from the use of Prickly Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system. Prickly Ash Bitters will remedy the evil re- suits and restore the brain, stomach and liver to healthy action, thereby strengthen ing the will power, thoroughly cleansing and toning up the system and removing every taint of disease. It is purely amedicine and while pleasant to the taste, it can not be used as a beverage by reason of its cathartic properties.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
ST. CUTHBERT'S BONES.
A Pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Miracle
 Working Saint.

A Pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Miracle
 Working Saint.
 A pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Cithbert, the patron saint of Lindis- farne, Chester-le- Street and Durham, is being organized by considerable number of ellow-countrymen. This pious expedition has for its object the celebration of the twelfth centenary of St. Cuthbert's death, which might, perhaps, have been more appropriately commemorated on the 20th of March, that being the precise date at which twelve hundred years ago the prior of Lindisfarne shuffied off his mortal coil.
 Danish incurSions were harassing the populations of the east coast dur ing the period of Cuthbert S exemplary rule over the monks of Holy Island, wherefore-anticipating that Farne would be the victim of some future Viking raid-he laid an injunction upon his ecclesiastic ticsubordinates that, should such a calamity accrue after his death, they or their successors would disinter his remains and convey them to the mainland. The monks of Lindisfarne, however, did not wait to dig up Cuthbert's body until the ar- rival of the Danes. They performed that operation eleven years after his decease, with a view to transferring the corpse of their respected prior to another part of the island, and were greatly surprised when, upon inspect ing it. they observed that it exhibited no signs whatever of decay or even of deterioration. Installed in q new coffin, and freely shown to persons attracted to LindiSfarne by it's mirac- uIous reputation, the iaeoFFVpt body
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

One of the peculiar traits of the people of Siberia is, that they buy their milk frozen, and for convenience it is allowed to freeze about a stick which comes as handle to carry it by. The milkman leaves one chunk or two chunks. as the case may be. at the house of his customers
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
HOW 1ntelligent Women Decide.

When the question has to be met as UO what is the best course to adopt to secure Q sure, safe and agreeable remedy for those organic diseases and weaknesses which af- fiict the female sex, there is but one wise de- cision, viz a course of self-treatment with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is an unfailing specific for periodical pains, mis- placement, internal inflammation, and all functional disordCss that render the lives of so many women miserable and joyless. They who try it, praise it. Of druggists.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
Invisible. but Potent for FviI,

Malaria, like some malignant spirit, hovers in the air, invisible, but potent for evil, often where its existence is not suspected. This enemy of health sometimes springs into ex- istence where it has never been before; not only in periodically pest-ridden localities, but in places previously healthy. Its reme- dy and it's preventive is always Hostetter's Stomach Bitters; also curative for dys- oepsia, liver complaint and constipation.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
-"Ise very sorry, boss, dat I wa

-"Ise very sorry, boss, dat l was led astray ter take de watch," said Jim Webster to an Austin justice. T am glad to see that you regret your crime. What was it that led you to take the watchP" replied his Honor, calmly. 'I was deluded by de chain, and dat dar was q gold watch hanging at de end of it. De chain deluded me. sah, inter taking de watch. D. brass chain am de cause ob al! desc heah eomplereashuns, "~~4eGas Sffiaqs,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

Many lady will extol the fair ness and spread the fame of a business house during her whole lifetime just because of some little concession they made to her, which cost them lttln. but 1attered her self-esteem. - CGspet Trade and ReUieU.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
Raantv 1Nithont Paint.

-what makes my skin so dark and muddyl My cheeks were once 80 smooth and ruddyi use tho best cosmetics made, Is what a lovely maiden said
 That's not the cure, my charming Miss" The doctor said" remember this: If you your skin would keep from taint, Discard the powder and the paint. "The proper thing for all such ills Is this" remarked the man of pills: "Enrich the blood and make 1t pure In this you'll find the only cure" Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will do this without fail. It has no equal. All druggists.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

MATTERS III4L, UlA.1 -NUN. VI UOs HAVE been handling Smiths Bile Beans for more than year, and my trade has been pleased with them from the start, or first introduction in this place. Every one speaks in highest terms of them. l could get num- OCT of testimonials if necessary.
 NJ. F. WORD, Druggist.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
Crsco- TEX. Nov. Il. 'S6,

CISCO, TEX., NOV. IT, 'o6. SMITHS Bile Beans have an immense sale here, and in an experience of many years in the drug business, have never sold any pill with moro general satisfaction, than Smiths Bile Beans. Respectfully,
 JNo. T. GREECE,
 Druggist.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

MONMOUTH, ILL., WE have been selling Smiths Bile Beans for over a year, and have found aready safe for them; and they give good satisfaction to those who use them. SPRIGGs N BRO,
 Druggists.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

W. J. Adams, of the Table Mount ain ranch in California, raises peaches of the clingstone variety and of phe- nomenal size. the largest measuring thirteen inches in circumference and weighing seventeen and operhalf ounces
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

BY it's mild, soothing and healing proper ties, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst cases of nasal catarrh, also ''cold In the head" coryza, and catarrhal headaches. 70 cents, by druggists.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

FREEl-To MERCHANTS ONLY: A three foot, French glass, oval-fro1t Show Case. Address at once,
 R. W. TANsILL 6 Co.,,
 55 State Street, Chicago.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

THE Itching caused by skin diseases is always relieved by Glenn's Sulphur Soap. HilPs Hair and Whisker Dye, soc. The best.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

''TRAvEL is very heavy this season" said the tired suburban as the fat woman sat down and wedged him into about four inch es of the seat
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
Offer No. ITO.

A MAN with a wheelbarrow on the side walk is not very popular, but he generally carries every thing before him
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

THE real estate agent is not necessarily qualified to act as property" man for a theatre. e.-.HerchG1it TfGUeLer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

"MY bark is on the sea" remarked the man who sent his dog on shipboard--Ker- chdHt IrdVeLer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

A FAILURE to vaccinate is punished at Phoenix A. T., by $500 fine or six months tn jail.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr: Isaac Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell lt2oc.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

Wife-"In the game of lawn tennis, my dear, what is the most difficult thing to acquire!" Husband-"The lawn."-Puck.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
Tired All Over

Is the expression lady used in describing her con- dition before using Hoods sarsaparilla- This prep araton is wonderfully adapted for weakened or low state of the system. It tones the whols body over comes that tired feeling, gives purity and vitality to the blood, and clears and freshens the mind.
 Floods sarsaparilla as blood purifier has no equal. It tones the system, strengthens and invig crates, giving new life. have taken it for kidney complaint, with the best results" D. R. SAUNDERS, s1 Pearl Street, Cincinnati O.
 "when took Hoods sarsaparilla that heaviness in my stomach left; the dullness in my head, and the gloomy, Respondent feeling disappeared. be- gan to get stronger. my blood gained better crcua- tlon the codness in my hands and feet left me, and my kidneys do not bother me as before" G. w. HULL, Attorney-at-Law. Millersburg, O.
 Hoods SarSdparilla Sold by all druggists. s1 six for S5 Prepared only by c. l. HOOD CO, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

CREDIT differs from wine in this respect: It does not improve with age.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

No Opi,fnl in Piso's Cure for Consump- ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

A TOUGH employed in court becomes le- gal tender, so to speak-M. O. PicGyHHs.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
MONMOUTH, II

A PRIcKLY pear-the hedgehog and the porcupine COMmerc-Gl Bulletin.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22

THE moonshiner's conscience would, of course, be a still small Voice-4KerchG'Gs IrGVeLer.